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EDWARDv o.' NORTON, OFA BANGOR., MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELE AND ALPHEUS PATTEN, OF SAME PliACl-il. Letters Patent No. 63,171,6Zate0l March 25,1867; antedatcd March 13, 1867.

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'IO' ALL PERSONS TO3WHOM` THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, 'EDWARD Q'.` NORTON,- of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot, an'dStute of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pocket-Knives and Watch-Keyshand do hereby declare th same to be fully described in the following specidcat'ion, and represented in the accompany-ing drawings, of which- Figure 1' is an edge view, and

Figure 2 a longitudinal section of apocket'or penknife provided with'my invention.

In place of a. blade to the handleof the knife, and' fromthe head from .which the blade usually projects, I extend a watch-key, and I arrange across-the blade-receiving'recess of the handle, and s'oas to be against or close 'to the open'eud of the said key, n partition or its equivalent, the object of -sueh being to'preventdirt'or extraneous matters from getting into 'the bore of the key.

In'the drawings, A. represents an Ordinary pocket or penknife, of which a is the handle, .and b 6,8m., the

blades Vln the place of a blade Iarrange a watch-key, B, formed with avhead,c, to turn on the blade-rivet.d, and' against a springe, as the head of a blade usually does. A side viewl of the watch-keyis given in iig. 3 anda transverse section of'it is represented in iig. 4. Between the head aand the pipe lz' f' the watch-key', such key is formed with a. projection, g, to receive a nail niche or groove, j', which is like that of. a common knife-blade,V

and is for the purposeof receiving thenail of a persons thumb in order thatit .may be brought into action on the wateh4key so as to turnit on the yrivet d, and raise it out of the receiver lc made in the handle, and for reception of the key, 'as a knife-blademay be closed or shut into the handle. Clos-e to the end of `the pipe z', when shut into thehandle,is al' partition, Z, which goes across the blade-reeess m, such partitionbeing for .the

purpose as hereinbefore specified. It' is well known that a watchfkey, as usually carriedin the pocket 'of a person, is one of the greatest, lcauses of dirt being introduced into the works of a watch, for the lint and dirt of thepocket will ind their way into the key, and by it be introduced into the key-hole 'of the watch whenth'e key is applied thereto. .By having the watch-key combined with a handleas a commofpenknife blade usually is applied thereto, we canvwind a watch with such combination much easier, and with less liability of injury to 'it or to the key, than we can bya key valone as ordinarily constructed, and by having' the handle provided'with the partition or its equivalent to cover the mouth of the key when shut into the handle, we prevent the entrance of dust-or dirt into the said mouth.

I claim, as a new article of manufacture, the aggregation of the penknife-blade and watch-key in one handle, as set forth.

E. Q. NORTON.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

